Karkanyan Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Karkanyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Karkanyan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

Karkanyan Demographics

Karkanyan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 4 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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Karkanyan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karkanyan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Karkanyan (Russian: Карканян) is most common in Lebanon. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Karkanyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Karkanyan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Karkanyan is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Karkanyan are found; 75 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Levant.

The last name Karkanyan is most common in Lebanon, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 939,514. In Lebanon it is primarily found in: South Governorate, where 83 percent are found and Beqaa Governorate, where 17 percent are found. Other than Lebanon it exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 25 percent are found.

Karkanyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Armenian Apostolic (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karkhanyan952/
Korkanyan8914/
Kharkanian845/
Carrkanyan841/
Carcanyan783/
Qarkhanian748/
Koorkanian742/
Corkhanyan741/
Karkonian678/
Kerkonian5622/
Korkounian5320/
Kourkonian534/
Kourkounian5028/
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Karkanyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karkanyan in the Russian language
Карканянkarkanan-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karkanyan
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